Risa asked: >Has anyone found that they need to give insulinoma meds more often than >twice a day. Yes, we have had some who did better if the meds were distributed over a 3X day schedule. A vet told me years ago that Pred action is over a 9 hour period so it makes sense that some would do better with the medication every 8 hours as long as the individual didn't have any of the rare (in ferrets) steroid side-effects like ulceration. Jeanie, do you have a biopsy which causes you to suspect lymphoma/lymphosarcoma? Ferrets' lymph nodes swell when the lymphatic system is helping to fight infections, and the blood white cell count also rises then -- sometimes substantially so. With elderly ferrets if there is lymphoma present then Prednisolone is usually the best approach. We have had as long as 15 months with an elderly on with lympho using that, but don't forget that you might not be dealing with lympho so test, test, test... There is a great pdf on lympho (from an article in the 2003 Ferrets: http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html Volunteers have a tendency to work even when ill (after all, it's not a business and if they don't work often no one will), *BUT* when things get so bad that they can't then maybe in return for all of the marvelous, marvelous gifts of their time and work which they give to everyone by running shelters, providing education, running raffles, or whatever perhaps -- just perhaps -- it makes sense to give them a gift in return by being patient and wishing them a return to good health along with thanks for all that they do. Feel better soon, Tara! You are special! >(Thanks to Steve Crandall who brought this article to my attention.) LOL, you got it form Steve. Steve got it from me. I believe that I got it from -- TA DA! -- the FML where a kind member mentioned it a few days ago! (Sorry, but I don't recall who it was who mentioned it but I think that it was here and that someone else's work led me to the article and my mention to Steve.) -- Sukie If anyone here has gotten the great photos purporting to be deep sea fish washed up in the tsunami? I have not found the sources of all of these photos, but I've come close. A LARGE number are actually photographs from http://www.cnn.com/interactive/space/0306/gallery.unusual.fish/ content.10.html and http://www.oceans.gov.au/norfanz/library2.htm Oh, and, yes, I sent the real sources to Snopes tonight so maybe in few days after they wade through all their mail... [Posted in FML issue 4759]